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Word: foule (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...actual fights are surprisingly short but exceedingly bloody. Owners put the cocks in a foul and angry mood by restraining them and having other chickemns peck at them. Then the owners unsheath the fighters' swords, put them into the ring, and the fight til the death begins...

Author: By Eugene L. Jhong, | Title: Cock-Fighting in the Philippines | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...contributed to the blowout by hitting only 27 percent of its shots from the field and less than half of its foul shots...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: W. Cagers Bump Off Red, 62-50 | 2/20/1988 | See Source »

...when things are going especially well for Carril and his sandmen, there will be a kicked ball or a foul which resets the 45-second clock. Then the Tiger guards get to play another game of catch. Whoopee...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Pete Carril's Sleeping Pill | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

Unfortunately, any change in the criterion for admission will cause someone else to cry foul. In Hsu's plan, Harvard would de-emphasize the role of legacy parents and the importance of a strong extracurricular record. However, alumni would obviously balk at their reduced status, and as a future alumnus myself, I too, would support their opposition. And as for reducing the importance of extracurricular activities, to do so would remove the stamp of the Harvard man or woman. Yes, Harvard has stated that it wishes to integrate diverse groups, but its main goal is to educate the most talented...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Asian-Americans | 2/12/1988 | See Source »

...like Jean-Paul Gaultier and Claude Montana and several of the Japanese, all intellectual, all looking toward futuristic silhouettes. To them, Lacroix is a crashing irrelevance. Alan Bilzerian, owner of two au courant shops in Massachusetts, who heavily backs the Japanese, writes Lacroix off briskly: "It's like a foul ball; he hit it over the fence, but it didn't go anywhere. It wasn't in play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Voila! It's Fun a Lacroix | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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